Awards

Airplay

Exhibitions and Collaborations

January 2018

Radia Show

Bodies of Water to air on Radia network

Happy that my long slaved over MA project will play out as Soundart Radio’s contribution to Radia at the end of this month. The piece is based on study
of accostic ecology, and explores the effect sounds of nature have on humans, and vice-versa- with a focus on water. It’ll be broadcast from 20
indie stations in 13 countries across the world.

October 2017

WINNER: BEST NEW ARTIST

What an amazing excuse to visit Chicago! Collecting this award at Third Coast was incredible. Many of the winners and the judges at that event are people whose work as producers I admire and respect. Work is broadcast across PRX, and features in ‘Best of the Best in 2017’ edition of the Re: Sound Podcast

October 2017

INSIDE ART COLLABORATION WITH MARK LLOYD

Mark was one of the first people I ever interviewed, in an eloquent rant about X-Factor and Baudrillard. Really happy to be working with him to create
our first collaborative audio/visual installation on the theme of Light. Never done this type of thing before so this’ll be a prototype. We’ve got
bigger ideas brewing…Check out his work Mark Lloyd

October 2017

Short-Form Audio Lecture to MA Radio Students

SHORT-FORM AUDIO LECTURE TO MA RADIO STUDENTS

Can’t get enough of Bournemouth University. Pleasure to talk about the process (or at least, my process) of making radio with new students. No one fell asleep or walked out, so it must’ve gone alright.

September 2017

IN THE DARK EVENT, RADIO JOURNEYS

Great turnout for the inaugural BosVegas ‘In the Dark’ event. Great to be able to share and discuss some of my favourite pieces of audio with others, and to
share the space with Hugh Chignell and his massive brain of historical radio info.

2014

Transom Online Story Workshop

2004

Alan Plater Screenwriting Prize

Alan Plater Screenwriting Prize

Completed BA Scriptwriting for film & TV. As ‘best in show’ for the graduating year awarded the Plater Prize for a my feature length film screenplay.

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about me

About

I am an audio producer based on the sleepy south coast of England. I started my field recording career on a kid’s tape recorder when I was 2 years old. That’s the
actual tape right there…

After a 32 year hiatus, I rediscovered a love of audio and in 2016, dropped out of a sensible job to spend a year studying radio production.
Now I lecture part-time on that very same course at under-grad and post-grad level.

My audio interests are; acoustic ecology, weird & found sounds (that feeling you get when you think there might be something magical on a tape found in a freebox) untold stories, community/public radio, archive rummaging and crate digging, oral histories and experimenting with interactive audio/installations.

Some things people have said about my work

‘Laura, your piece is really good. It’s beautiful.’ Scott Carrier

‘You were good then, but Quiet Revolution is simply stellar’ Barrett Golding

‘A witty and beautifully crafted miniature feature that packed a great deal into its short span.
“Beautifully mixed” said one judge,
“arresting and entertaining,”
“a total delight from start to finish”. This was “an uplifting subject, with a great reveal.” “And Funny!” Judges’ comments from the Charles Parker Prize.

‘I just don’t get it.’ A BBC Radio 4 producer

Contact

I’m currently seeking projects selectively. Please feel free to get in touch if you’re an artist of any kind seeking a collaboration, or if you have any questions about my work.

ContactLauraIrving@gmail.com

"the best producer for weird, niche radio in the world" - my boyfriend